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  Shapefile

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  GIF

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  MapInfo TAB format

  The MapInfo TAB format is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. It is developed and regulated by MapInfo as a proprietary format. The basic file components for a MapInfo Professional data set are established by the two basic environments for working in...
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  PNG

  Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression. PNG was created to improve upon and replace GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) as an image-file format not requiring a patent license. It is pronounced /ˈpɪŋ/ or spelled out as P-N-G. The PNG acronym...

• GIS file formats

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• MapInfo Interchange Format

  MapInfo Interchange Format is a map and database exporting file format of MapInfo software product. The MIF-file filename usually ends with .mif-suffix. Some MIF-files also have a related MID-file. The filename of a MID-file usually ends with .mid-suffix.

• AIXM

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• Truevision TGA

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• ArcInfo binary grid

  An ESRI grid is a raster GIS file format developed by ESRI, which has two formats: The formats were introduced for ARC/INFO. The binary format is widely used within ESRI programs, such as ArcGIS, while the ASCII format is used as an exchange, or export format, due to the simple and portable ASCII...

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  Geographic data is about much more than electronic pictures of maps. The geographic data that describes our world allows for city planning, flood prediction and relief, emergency service routing, environmental assessments, wind pattern monitoring and many other applications. Geographic data is...